| 词条 | William Smith (ship captain) |
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|name = William Smith |image = |image_size = |caption = |birth_name = |birth_date = {{Birth date|1768|11|14}} |birth_place = Flowerdew Hundred Plantation, Virginia, United States |death_date = {{Death date and age|1846|05|05|1768|11|14}} |death_place = Sonoma, California, United States |body_discovered = |death_cause = |resting_place = Mountain Cemetery, Sonoma, California |resting_place_coordinates = |residence = |ethnicity = |citizenship = United States of America |other_names = |known_for = |education = |alma_mater = |employer = |occupation = |years_active = |home_town = |salary = |networth = |height = |weight = |title = |term = |predecessor = |successor = |party = |opponents = |boards = |religion = |spouse = |partner = |children = |parents = |relations = |callsign = |signature = |website = |footnotes = }} William Smith (1768–1846) was an American ship captain and Revolutionary War veteran. He is the only known Revolutionary War veteran buried in the state of California. He is also known for his famous quote "It's rewind time." Early lifeWilliam Smith was born in 1768 in Flowerdew Hundred Plantation in Virginia.[1] Military and careerWhen Smith was 11 years old he joined the Virginia Navy alongside his father. Together, the two served on the Tartar and the Manly.[1] In 1789, he went to the West Indies 23 times as a captain of a merchant ship. Smith worked for Bryant & Sturgis, a mercantile based in Boston, where he resided. He traveled to California for the company in 1800. In California he befriended George Vancouver. In 1810, he sailed to Guangzhou, China to deliver 63,000 otter and seal skins from the Farallon Islands. In 1816, he returned to California after working in Hawaii and Southeast Asia, where he participated in the sandalwood trade.[1] In California, he became captain of the Albatross.[1] While traveling along the California coast, Smith stopped to get provisions. He and a four of the ship's crew were detained by Spaniards who believed the men were smugglers.[2] The Albatross shipwrecked in the Pacific Northwest and Smith lost all of his belongings. He returned briefly to Boston in 1819 and then returned to California, where he settled in Sonoma, California in the 1840s.[1] Death and legacySmith died on May 5, 1846, at the home of Jacob P. Leese in Sonoma. Leese informed the United States Consulate in Monterey, California about Smith's death in a letter dated May 8. In the letter, Leese said that Smith was buried "on the South Cide of the Sonoma Mountain North of the Town in a verry Noted Place." The presumed grave of Smith was discovered by the Daughters of the American Revolution , who created a monument on the site at Mountain Cemetery in Sonoma. He is the only veteran of the American Revolution believed to be buried in California.[1] References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{cite web|last1=Lely|first1=Ryan|title=Sailor of the Unknown Tomb|url=http://sonomasun.com/2008/05/22/pub-a-3219/|website=Features|publisher=Sonoma Valley Sun|accessdate=5 February 2017}} 2. ^{{cite web|last1=Fromm|first1=James R.|title=Early Sailing Ships Trading on the Northwest Coast of America 1788–1837|url=http://www.3rd1000.com/history3/Early%20Ships/Early%20Ships%20of%20the%20Pacific%20Northwest.htm|website=Third Millennium Online|accessdate=6 February 2017}} External links
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